The European Commission’s Joint Research Center published a study presenting an updated methodology for estimating the mass of packaging materials placed on the market in EU Member States for food and beverages, home care, beauty and personal care, and pet food together covering roughly 75% of the European consumer packaging market.
Estimates are provided for 19 MSs (covering more than 97 % of the EU population) for the period 2011-2025, at product and packaging type level.
The developed methodology will be used to support MSs in the mandatory reporting of packaging waste quantities, and will be used to benchmark the quantities reported, in the context of the monitoring of the attainment of the recycling targets set out in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU 2025/40).
Source: JRC study available here